is a Japanese veteran journalist who provides commentary and analysis with Yūko Andō on Japan's

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''Super News''.Japantoday.com
"Veteran journalist Taro Kimura keeps one step ahead of the news", (13 October 2005)
Retrieved 23 November 2008 He is also the managing director of

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, a community radio station."What's New", Shonan Beach FM, 24 May 2008
(retrieved 26 June 2008)

Biography

Kimura moved with his family to New York soon after he was born, but had to return to Japan just before

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broke out. His father was interned at Ellis Island. Kimura majored in political science at

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

Career

After graduating from university, in 1964, Kimura started work as a journalist at

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. At NHK, he presented the evening news programme ''News Center Nine'' ("NC9") together with Midori Miyazaki from 1982 until 1988. Subsequent overseas postings included

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(1974–1976),

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(1976–1978), and

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(1980–1982). Kimura was awarded the Hoso-Bunka Foundation Prize in 1986 for outstanding performance in newscasting, and the Vaughn-Ueda Prize in 1988, an award presented to the journalist whose works contribute to promoting international understanding. In 1989, he moved from NHK to join

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...

. In the course of his work, Kimura has interviewed notable figures such as Ugandan dictator

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and U.S. President

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. In addition to his appearances on ''Super News'', Kimura writes weekly columns for ''Chunichi Newspaper'' and ''Tokyo Headlines''.

Bibliography

* , 1988, NHK Shuppan, * , 1995, Kinema-junposha, * , 2000, Bungeisha,

References

External links

Taro Kimura Profile from Fuji TV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kimura, Taro 1938 births Living people Fuji News Network personalities Japanese journalists People from Berkeley, California Japanese broadcast news analysts